Sept. 24, 2001

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team was ranked ninth in the country in Monday, September 24's FinishLynx/NCAA Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll. The Friars advance from the number 13 position where they were ranked in the preseason poll on September 1.

PC received a total of 223 votes after winning their first two meets, the September 7 New Hampshire Invitational and the September 18 Boston College Invitational where PC defeated the then-No. 2 ranked Eagles.

Colorado sits atop the poll for the second-straight poll after accumulating all 13 first-place votes. Stanford moves up from No. 3 to the No. 2 spot this week while North Carolina St. jumps from No. 9 to No. 3 this week. Closing out the top five spots are Brigham Young and Wisconsin.

The highest ranked Northeast team is Yale at No. 6 and 35 points ahead of the Friars. North Carolina (No. 7, 230 pts.), Arizona (No. 8, 227 pts.), PC and Georgetown (No. 10, 207 pts.) close out the top 10.

The Friars continue their season on Saturday, September 29 at the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis, Minn. where PC will compete with 12 other nationally ranked teams.

FinishLynx/NCAA Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll Ranking Team (1st-place votes) Points

	1.	Colorado (13)	325
	2.	Stanford	306
	3.	NC State	293
	4.	Brigham Young	275
	5.	Wisconsin	274
	6.	Yale	        258
	7.	North Carolina	230
	8.	Arizona	        227
	9.	PROVIDENCE	223
	10.	Georgetown	207
	11.	Arizona State	199
	12.	Boston College	197
	13.	Arkansas	184
	14.	Colorado State	129
	15.	Missouri	126
	16.	Marquette	125
	17.	Washington	113
	18.	Texas A&M	90
	19.	Minnesota	77
	20.	Villanova	74
	21.	Weber State	64
	22.	Duke	        53
	23.	Boston U	47
	24.	Michigan State	31
	25.	Columbia	27

Other Teams Also Receiving Votes: Virginia 18, Kansas State 17, Wake Forest 11, Toledo 8, Brown 5, Wichita State 5, UCLA 3, Northern Arizona 3, South Florida 1.